The University of Virginia Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program (VA K-TUTOR)

项目概要/摘要 弗吉尼亚大学肾脏技术开发研究教育计划（VA K-TUTOR）旨在 提高来自不同学科的本科生的兴趣和参与度， 肾脏研究的研究和职业生涯。目标是招收至少5名生物医学工程专业的学生，包括 弗吉尼亚大学（UVA）、弗吉尼亚理工大学和州立大学的其他本科生 (VA技术）的扩展研究计划。该计划将包括2部分：a）为期10周的夏季临床 肾脏病学沉浸和教学课程，旨在确定肾脏病学的临床问题， B）一个6-12个月的研究计划，旨在确定解决问题的方法， 临床浸入式课程理想的研究计划应该是一个涉及多个人的合作计划。 学生在顶点项目，导致创新和技术发展，以解决问题， 肾病患者。VA K-TUTOR将招募积极性高的学生参加多学科课程 它包括教学培训，临床肾脏病学沉浸，研究，技术开发， 创业、知识产权和地方/国家联网机会。R25计划的组成部分 是美国国立卫生研究院资助的教师在弗吉尼亚大学成人和儿童肾脏病部，免疫中心， 炎症和再生医学、儿科肾脏病学卓越中心以及 新资助的UVA CTSA计划（弗吉尼亚州综合转化健康研究所（iTHRIV））， UVA的新数据科学学院以及UVA School of Data Sciences的长期成功课程 医学，工程和应用科学的UVA学校和艺术和科学的UVA学院。的 环境提供了丰富的跨专业和多学科的培训基地，将增长一个新的 肾脏疾病科学的创新者的一代。此外，我们将利用现有的关系 与VA Tech人为因素工程（HFE）计划以及我们自己的HFE一起， 弗吉尼亚大学总体目标是提高对肾脏疾病影响的认识， 学生肾脏病学研究和教学学习，并熟悉学生的机会， 以肾脏学研究为职业。该计划将成为解决迫切需要的国家模式， 培养领导创新研究项目的下一代研究人员。

Project Summary/Abstract The University of Virginia Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program (VA K-TUTOR) aims to increase interest and engagement among undergraduate students from different disciplines to pursue further studies and careers in kidney research. The goal is to recruit at least 5 biomedical engineering students including other undergraduate students from University of Virginia (UVA) and Virginia Polytechnic and State University (VA Tech) for an extended research program. The program will consist of 2 parts: a) a 10-week summer clinical nephrology immersion and didactic sessions aimed at identifying a clinical problem in nephrology that is coupled to b) a 6-12 month research program that is aimed at defining a solution to the problem identified during the clinical immersion program. The ideal research program would be a collaborative one involving more than one student in a Capstone Project that leads to innovation and technology development to address problems in patients with kidney disease. VA K-TUTOR will recruit highly motivated students to a multidisciplinary program that incorporates didactic training, clinical nephrology immersion, research, technology development, entrepreneurship, intellectual property and local/national networking opportunities. Integral to this R25 program are the NIH-funded faculty within the UVA Adult and Pediatric Nephrology Divisions, the Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine, and the Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology as well as the newly funded UVA CTSA program (the Integrated Translational Health Research Institute Of Virginia (iTHRIV)), UVA’s new School of Data Sciences as well as long standing successful programs in the UVA School of Medicine, the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the UVA College of Arts and Sciences. The environment provides a rich interprofessional and multidisciplinary training ground that will grow a new generation of innovators in the science of kidney diseases. In addition, we will utilize our existing relationship with VA Tech Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Program as well as our own HFE to extend the program beyond UVA. The overarching goal is to increase awareness on the impact of kidney diseases, to expose undergraduate students to nephrology research and didactic learning, and to familiarize the students with the opportunities that exist for careers in nephrology research. This program will be a national model to address the urgent need to grow the next generation investigators that lead innovative research programs.